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Info on Play Station 3: A Preview

Playstation 3 is the computer game console of the seventh generation period and the third in the series of the Playstation. PS3 is Sony’s response versus Nintendo’s Wii and Microsoft’s Xbox 360.

The launch will be done on November 2006 in the United States and Japan. In Australasia and Europe, the PS3 will certainly be offered in the market on March 2007. The postponed date of release in the Australasian and European regions has been charged to the shortage of blue-ray drive diodes.

Sony announced that the Playstation 3 will certainly be released in 2 configurations. The very first one is the premium version. Units with this setup featured Blu-ray disc drive, USB ports, Wi-Fi connection, memory card readers, and an internal 60-Gb hard disk. The alternate version, on the other hand, has only a 20-GB internal hard drive and does not included Wi-Fi functions and sd card readers. Nevertheless, the user has the choice to upgrade the hard disk and link sd card readers via adapters. The Wi-Fi feature, nevertheless, can not be installed.

With the blu-ray drive, PS3 users can play films and game discs. Since a blu-ray disc has a capacity of holding up 54 GB of data, users will not need to desire for added media area.

The portable hard disks provide the system with the needed storage area required for Playstation Network applications, downloads, and other files. For the video games, the hard drive will also be used for conserving game points.

In the United States, the anticipated pricing release of the 20-GB is $499 and $599 for the 60-GB. In Japan, the catalog about $430 for the 20-GB. Sony has opted to set an open price for the Japanese sellers for the 60-GB design. On the other hand, for the European release, the 20-GB and the 60-GB versions cost $550 ad $660, respectively. In Australian regions, the premium model will retail for $680 while the 20-GB will retail for $570.

The PS3 console is elegantly designed to feature pleasing lines and curves. The sides of the PS3 appear to broaden outside, hardly enclosing the hardware in it. Furthermore, the PS3 case is outlined with a highly established cooling system to deal with the heat output launched from the system power supply and the Cell processor. Lots of would expect that due to the fact that PS3 consumes much power, the system would sound significantly loud. But actually, the PS3 operation is incredibly peaceful.

Early models of the Playstation 3 consoles were in silver, white, and black. However, the initial release will only consist of black. To putting an additional touch of elegance to the design, Sony utilized quality product choices. In official previews of the design, the exterior of the PS3 console seemed opaque and glossy black. The system housing, however, seemed dark and partially transparent black. And with the rounded shape of the console top, users will certainly have to stack the PS3 at the topmost layer of their equipment. The PS3 console weighs 11 pounds and its measurements steps 12.8″ x 3.8″ x 10.8″.

The PS3, much like the other consoles, can sit horizontally or positioned vertically on common AV racks. Users of the PS3 do not need to worry about inadvertently harming their film or game discs while changing the position of the console.